This is the information page about the shipwreck Vingaland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 41 N,18 24 W (55.683333333333, -18.4)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: VINGALAND

Length 103.3 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2734 ton

Cause: 8.11.40 built in 1935 by eriksbergs mek verkstad. owned at time of loss by anf-a/b tirfing. oil engine of 644nhp. damaged by bombs from a german aircraft on 8.11.40 & sunk by torpedo from italian submarine 'marconi' next day. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1300 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 54(?)4100N, 182400W. 10.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 554100N, 182400W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). SUNK APPROX 400 MILES NW OF IRELAND BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 41 N,18 24 W

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